Moskalkova appealed to the UN over the decision on the admissibility of Butyagin's extradition.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatiana Moskalkova, announced on April 3 that she had contacted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights after Poland's decision on the admissibility of the extradition of Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin to Ukraine.

"For my part, I appealed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights," she said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to Moskalkova, this initiative against the archaeologist is political persecution, since extradition is prohibited by international standards.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 25 that Butyagin's arrest and the Polish court's decision to extradite him once again showed who Russia was dealing with. The Head of State noted that Butyagin had been excavating in Crimea since the Soviet era. At the same time, the archaeologist always coordinated research with the authorities, including the Ukrainian ones.

Butyagin was detained in Poland on December 11, 2025 for allegedly conducting illegal research on the territory of the Republic of Crimea. Shortly after, a Polish court ordered Butyagin's extradition to Ukraine, which provoked a sharp reaction from the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov. Criticizing the actions of the Polish authorities, he said that the scientist would be sent "to torment and death."

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